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APPARATUS FOR WASHING ND DYBING FABRICS. No. 345,492. Patented July 13,1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES FARMER, or sAnnonn, COUNTY or LANCASTER, ENGLAND, AND AUGUSTELALANOE, or MULHOUSE, GERMANY.

APPARATUS FOR WASHING AND DYEING FABRICS srnorrrcarron forming part ofLetters Patent No. 345,492, dated ma 13, 1886.

Application filed October 20, 1885. Serial No. 180.445. (No model.)Patented in England April 2, 18 5, No. 4,.43 in Austria January 31,1886, No. 36,354, and in France March 1, 1886, No. 172,596.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J AMES FARMER, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, and residing at Salford, in the county of Lancaster, England,and AUGUSTE LALANOE, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, and residingat Mulhouse, in the Empire of Germany, have invented Improvements in theConstruction of Apparatus Employed for Washing, Chloring, IO Scouring,Soaping, Dunging, and Dyeing W0- ven Fabrics, (for which we haveobtained British Patent No. 4,148, dated April 2, 1885,

Austrian Patent N 0. 36,354, dated January 31,

1886, and French Patent No. 172,596, dated March 1, 1886,) of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates, principally, to an additional apparatus to beemployed with the machines for which Letters Patent for Great 2 oBritain were granted to us bearing date May 27, 1884, No. 8,254, andJuly 21, 1884, N 0. 10,792, and by the use of which apparatus aconsiderable saving is gained, and also more perfect work is effected.

the above-named machine, is especially important in the washing out ofall gummy paste and other foreign matters, and is most suitable forprinted goods, which it has hitherto been difficult to free from thesegums, and it could only be accomplished by a considerable expenditure oftime and labor. The said machine, however, with this apparatus attached,passes the cloth through at a very high speed, and it is therebythoroughly washed and all gummy matters removed.

The improvements consist of an apparatus composed, principally, of anumber of rails or bars mounted in iron supports, which are keyed on acentral rocking shaft, which causes the said rails or shakers to vibrateor oscillate at a very high speed with a shortstroke, while the goodspass to and froin contact therewith from one set of guide-rollers toanother.

Figure 1 in the annexed drawings,which form part of this specification,is a vertical transverse section, and Fig. 2 a vertical longitudinalsection, of the apparatus. Fig. 3 is an en .cord, h h, passing round thegrooved pulley i .t' from any convenient part of the machine.

The improved apparatus, in connection with larged detached sectionalview of a device for actuating the vibrating rails.

We wish it to be understood that we do not confine ourselves to thenumber of rails or bars, nor to the materials of which they are made, asthey may be composed of timber or of metallic substances. 5 5 In Figs. 1and 2, a a is the frame-work of the apparatus, and b b are the railsmounted in the iron supports 0 c, which are keyed upon a central rockingshaft, (1 d, to which a rapid vibratory motion is communicated.

In the drawings a device is shown (see, also, detached sectional view,Fig. 3) which we have adopted and found to be very effective for thepurpose; but we wish it to be understood that we do not confineourselves to any particular method of driving.

The device is inclosed in a case, 6 e, and consists, principally, of aneccentric, ff, keyed upon a short shaft, 9 g, driven by an endless Alink, Z Z, which embraces the eccentric is connected to ashort lever, mon, keyed on the rocking shaft d d, and thus a rapid vibratory motion isimparted thereto. n n are guide rollers above andbelow, which, bypreference, are made adjustable, in order to be placed in the mosteffective positions and at the same time to prevent injury to the clothin its passage through the process.

The passage of the cloth through the apparatus is represented by thedotted lines. The cloth is led from the vat or cistern up and downbetween the movable rails b b and over and under the guide-rollersnn, asshown, and when the fabric is being treated in either of the above orsimilar operations the movable rails or shakers b b are kept in a stateof rapid oscillation, and will thus strike against the fabric as it ispassing through, and this rapid vibration and beating of the fabric inits wet state will effectually loosen all gummy matter and veryconsiderably improve the appearanee and feel of the fabric.

This apparatus or machine (which is per- 5 feet in itself) may be usedon each or any of the vats or cisterns of the said patentwashingmachines as required. It can belikewise fixed on any openwashing-machine now in use.

The apparatus may also be applied in a horizontal position when foundmore convenient to fix it so.

Ve are aware of the washing-machine shown and described in CottrillsBritish Patent No. 2,456 of 1855; but that machineis for the washing anddyeing of fabrics by agitating them in theliquid by means of agitators,whereas our machine is an attachment to a Washing and dyeing machine forbeating the fabric after it hasleft the bath to free it from gummy pasteand other foreign matters by means of beaters.

\Ve claim as our invention'- The herein-described apparatus for freeingwashed or dyed fabrics from paste and other foreign matters, saidapparatus comprising a frame with rollers to guide and traverse thefabric after it has left the bath, and vibrating beaters between whichthe fabric is traversed, assetforth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of 2 5 two subscribing witnesses.

JAS. FARMER. AUG. LALANOE.

